JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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nsg79
I flew them just the other day as they offered the cheapest business class option going on the intl route I was flying. No wonder they have saved money. The seats were exactly the same ones I flew when I was last on their planes 10 years ago. It was horrible - so outdated, dirty and just had an incredibly dingy feel to the whole thing. They might have posted a profit now but they are going to have to start offering a competitive product if they are going to start earning the all important repeat customers.
Posted in: Japan Airlines reports Y186.6 bil profit
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nsg79
Police said that this year, the weeklong campaign will also try to raise awareness of the dangers of getting drunk at cherry blossom-viewing parties and then lying down on a street
That must be why this morning I saw the police standing at a major intersection to enforce the safety rules completely ignore two cars that ran a solid red right and an illegal u-turn. What a joke.
Posted in: Traffic-safety campaign gets under way
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nsg79
"I would have been able to rally if I had 10 billion yen more"
Yeah right, yet in the meantime you were still happy to take 4.5billion out for yourself and your sidekick instead of not lying to your investors.
Posted in: AIJ president was sure he could recoup losses
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nsg79
Don't understand why Newt is demanding an apology from Obama on this one, the event did not even take place in the White House.
Posted in: De Niro: I meant no offense with first lady joke
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nsg79
Or they could install CCTV focused on their cash till area so that they can get an accurate photo of any robbers and also instate a policy limiting the amount of cash that is kept in the till in the first place to minimise the loss during theft.
Posted in: Sushi chain gives staff crime-prevention training following string of robberies
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nsg79
They could also put the questionnaire on an online form for the students to submit. Eg make enough unique log-in details that can only be used/submitted once that are pulled out of a hat, can't get more anonymous then that...
It is a real shame that they say the survey was ill advised - it clearly isn't, just the method that it was delivered in.
Posted in: School bullying survey scrapped due to student concerns
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nsg79
@ paulinusa given that budweiser is already one of the official sponsors of this world cup the beer issue is actually quite a significant issue for fifa and a ban on beer (or more accurately budweiser) sales at the stadiums would probably a breach by fifa of that sponsorship agreement. completely agree that valcke was right to make the statements he made, there have been others saying similar things about the lack of preparation for sometime now, instead of getting angry they should get on with the job of sorting it out.
Posted in: FIFA says it is working with Brazil for best 2014 World Cup
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nsg79
with respect to Tokyo given that the government announced the other day that in such a situation the major highways, roads etc. out of town will be closed to normal traffic, assuming of course that said roads/highways survive the quake and are usable in the first place, I don't think any of us will be going/escaping anywhere fast. of course it doesn't hurt to be prepared with emergency supplies, copies of important documents etc. but beyond that there is not much more people can do.
Posted in: A lot of people say, 'I think I'll be OK,' without anything to support their reasoning. People need to think about what they would do if an earthquake hits — where they would escape to, what would happen if their house was damaged.
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nsg79
this is disgraceful. it also states that the attacks happened at her parents house yet were only discovered a month later during a check-up...seems incredible (if not impossible) that the other family members did not realise something had happened to these babies. am sure this aspect will not be investigate though - hope she gets locked up for a long time.
Posted in: Woman arrested for abusing 2-week-old twins
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nsg79
of course they are going to make this process as complicated as possible for these poor people who (in most cases) have probably lost pretty much everything as it is not in tepco's interest to pay out in a timely manner. the claims process itself needs to be taken out of tepco's hands and responsibility given to an independent body whose sole purpose is to ensure that compensation is getting to the people who deserve it.
Posted in: TEPCO again criticized over complicated compensation process
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nsg79
Once bitten, twice shy. The Aeon President has it spot on - no one wants to buy any food that has any contamination even within the 'safe limit' because no one really believes that there is a 'safe' limit especially after the 'limit' was mucked around with by the government in the aftermath of the disaster. The zero tolerance approach is the only sensible way to begin to get people purchasing food from these areas again and rebuilding trust, in the meantime the affected farmers should go and keep knocking on TEPCO's door for compensation.
Posted in: Radiation fears haunt food shoppers in Japan
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nsg79
One big problem is that most people are completely unaware of that there are any laws they have to obey when cycling. Whilst ignorance is no defence there needs to a major campaign to educate people so that they know what they can and cannot do. That has to be accompanied by a crackdown by the police with a zero tolerance policy on any infraction...it will take time but that is the only way people will change their behaviour.
Posted in: Experts discuss how to improve bike riding etiquette in Tokyo
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nsg79
Serving Yoshinoya on-board is now THE reason not to fly JAL...why can't they just make their seats and other basic services more decent?! Even Business Class is a joke long-haul on JAL compared to other airlines that cost half the amount JAL deign to charge.
Posted in: Air Yoshinoya
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nsg79
given the previous articles on JT about icicles and snow falling off this thing damaging buildings in the area etc i wonder if there will be an update tomorrow about what (if anything) happened after all the snow today...but in any event to hope that this is going to draw in tourists is naive and yet again demonstrates how out of touch the tourist industry here is with what foreign tourists look for on their holidays.
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nsg79
this is really only scratching the surface when it comes to the cuts that need to be made to bring the deficit down, but at least it is a start....
Posted in: Lawmakers, civil servants face salary cuts
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nsg79
wow - these stories do seem to be more prevalent these days. why is it so difficult for some to take a step back, take a deep breath and let this type of argument go? another sad story.
Posted in: Woman held for killing mother over 'nutritional breakfast' argument
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nsg79
good to see that the Marshall Islands are not afraid of enforcing their laws...hope they manage to collect
Posted in: Marshall Islands fine Japanese ship for violating shark fin ban
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nsg79
What happened to the nets?! Thought in a previous JT article it stated that they were going to use these as well as the other totally useless measures described above...
Posted in: Company warehouses damaged by ice falling from Tokyo Sky Tree
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nsg79
Well, the minimum they will have to do is 'improve' on the last bid since that one was unsuccessful. Alternatively, instead of wasting an incredible amount of money on something that is unlikely to come through why not direct those funds towards domestic projects that are actually focusing on 3/11 recovery.
Posted in: Tokyo promises improved Olympic bid for 2020
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nsg79
Brilliant, so enforcement only comes one day and month and the rest of the time one is free to break the regulations unimpeded! Only in Japan...
Posted in: Police caution more than 10,000 in Tokyo for breaking new bicycle rules